General information

Nanotechnologies offer commercial opportunities with a powerful economic and social impact on most of Canada’s key industrial sectors such as health, energy, the environment, transportation, aeronautics, telecommunications, microelectronics and agri-food. However, in order to ensure the growth of nanotechnologies and transform their full potential, a number of studies recommend the production and dissemination of multidisciplinary information related not only to research results, but to health and safety, toxicology, standards, regulations, and the environmental impact, as well as the ethical, economic and social issues that will foster responsible development and the social acceptance of nanotechnologies.